The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

While the concept of thought leadership is well established among individuals, it is less so among organizations, which is a gap a recent study from INSEAD attempts to plug. The researchers first gathered data on follower counts and company revenue to evaluate the link between opinion leadership and business success.

Leadership 119

Leadership Content Media Audience 119

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 27, 2022

Diversity has long been recognized in terms of its importance to things like innovation and creativity, with research from MIT showing how cognitive diversity improves the profitability of organizations. The researchers examined a sample of nearly 20,000 directors from the boards of 2,254 US firms from 2006 to 2017.

Diversity 122

Diversity Committee Construction Groupthink 122

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The study finds that even when companies include women and/or racial minorities, these people are less likely to have any of the key leadership positions on the board, with this so even if they have stronger qualifications than their white male peers. They may also choose not to pursue such roles, or even be less effective in them.

Diversity 130

Diversity Committee Sample Finance 130

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

The potential for social mobility was far from even across different industries, however, with sectors like finance, real estate, and insurance scoring particularly poorly. “We argue that CEOs’ social class can only be understood when considering both family background and the current resources (income and education) at their disposal.”

Class 129

Class CEO Education Engineering 129

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In the case of the former, they typically would want to know why and how could they innovate their current product to regain their position as number one. Then, based on the insights drawn from this sample, the company would decide the reason for the recent losses and propose changing a feature to address that specific "pain."

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Since the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers, professors, politicians, and others have expressed concern over America’s best and brightest minds electing to work in finance instead of pursuing potentially more socially valuable careers in science, medicine, and engineering. of MIT graduates taking jobs in finance after graduation.

Engineering 8

Engineering Finance Bottom-up Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

That''s 72 million jobs just from this small sample. Innovation : When defining innovation as "offering products that are new to some or all customers" in some regions — including the U.S. and developed Europe — women entrepreneurs have higher levels of innovation than their male counterparts. And in the U.S.,

Globalization 10

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 10